Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Portrait Miniatures, Prints, Maps and Books - 4th October 2006

Lot 45

Munnings (Sir Alfred): An Artist's Life

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £360

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Description

Munnings (Sir Alfred): An Artist's Life, third edition, 1952, signed by the artist and dated 1952 on the half title; The Second Burst, first edition, 1951, presentation inscription on the half-title: "I inscribe this copy for a great picture dealer who sits in Bond Street. I have known him since he was an obliging young man. Now is important and director like in appearance. A wonder!! Nov 22-1951, Alfred Munnings to Stanley Wade" illustrated with pen decoration by Munnings of four huntsmen blowing their horns; The Finish, first edition, 1952, inscribed on the frontispiece: "I inscribe this for my friend of yore Stanley Wade. Alfred Munnings", together with another first edition of The Finish; all four 8vo with worn dust-jackets (4)